Rose56@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoScam artist and the elixir of immortalitylemmy.caimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1537arrow-down120
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minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 day ago“Which himself named it” Words good authoring there
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day agoback in the day news papers were like long tweets. it cost extra for more words/characters. so they remove/replace ones that didn’t break context. 👈 like I did here. removed 8 words but preserved the idea.
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 day agoBut just saying “which he named” would be less characters and make more sense
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoMaybe a post editor hastily deleted some words?
“Which himself named it”
Words good authoring there
back in the day news papers were like long tweets.
it cost extra for more words/characters.
so they remove/replace ones that didn’t break context. 👈 like I did here. removed 8 words but preserved the idea.
But just saying “which he named” would be less characters and make more sense
Maybe a post editor hastily deleted some words?